The red velvet ant earned its nickname by supposedly killing cows with a single sting, yet its venom contains none of the ...

Deep-diving insect larvae are challenging a long-held idea about why there are almost no insects in the ocean, thanks to ...

Discover the pink winged stick insect, Madagascar’s master of camouflage, its behavior, and endangered status.

Recent estimates have come to the consensus that our planet hosts roughly six million species. But new research reveals that those counts may be drastically underestimated ...

Like it or not, insects are everywhere, including places where you may not want them to be. Yet there is one environment that ...

Somewhere in the forest canopies of eastern Indonesia lurks an insect that can clone itself, weaponize its own wings, and ...

More than 60% of Australia's known insects are unnamed and a mystery to science. Of an estimated 500,000 Australian species, roughly half are insects, but many aren't categorized. A group of ...

Researchers are investigating the causes and consequences of the worldwide insect decline as well as considering potential countermeasures. A researcher from Mainz University has published work in a ...

Scientists are always looking for better ways to foil bugs that leave itchy welts in their wake. Despite the many tools being studied, from tick-killing fungus to genetically modified mosquitoes, bug ...

The Prague Zoo offers insect-based delicacies not only for many animals but also for adventurous people: According to a ...